Perry Farrell breaks his silence
In July, Jane’s Habit guitarist Dave Navarro filed a lawsuit in opposition to Perry Farrell, accusing him of assault and battery following an on stage altercation through the band’s latest reunion tour. This comes after information that Farrell will return to the stage with The Doorways’ Robbie Krieger and different huge names for the primary time because the Navarro brawl and his onstage meltdown, after hypothesis he could also be performed.
Farrell has now filed a solution to the swimsuit, with Folks reporting that the frontman denies Navarro’s allegations.
“[Farrell] denies every allegation within the grievance, and [further denies that Navarro] has been broken in any means or in any quantity in any respect,” the doc, filed on Monday (Sept. eighth), states. “[Navarro] fails to state details enough to represent a reason behind motion in opposition to [him], [he has] unclean fingers, and did not train cheap care and diligence to mitigate [the] alleged claims and damages.”
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The reply additionally states that Farrell – who claims he acted in “good religion and with out malice” towards Navarro – is asking for the lawsuit to be dismissed, for Navarro to pay his authorized charges, and for the guitarist to not be awarded something from the lawsuit.
Navarro’s authorized staff issued a response of their very own to Farrell’s reply, with Navarro’s legal professional Christopher Frost telling Folks:
“The lawsuit speaks for itself. So does the video. By responding on this means, Mr. Farrell will not be taking any formal authorized step to cease the litigation. That is in line with the truth that they’ve taken no affirmative steps to advance their claims, whether or not serving discovery or in any other case, and it’s in line with the power of the claims by Dave, Eric [Avery], and Stephen [Perkins].”
Navarro and his Jane’s Habit bandmates Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins are suing Farrell for assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional misery, negligence, breach of fiduciary responsibility, and breach of contract following his onstage outburst throughout a Boston present in September 2024. They’re looking for not less than $10 million in damages.